Advice for a warmer home
Plain answers to the questions homeowners ask us most.
Illustration: a homeowner checking the loft
- How much do I need?
- The loft insulation depth commonly recommended for homes, and how to tell if yours falls short.
- Checking your insulation
- A safe, simple way for homeowners to check their loft insulation.
- Signs it needs replacing
- How to tell when loft insulation has stopped keeping your home warm.
- Boarding over insulation
- Why boards on joists squash insulation, and how to have storage and a warm home.
- Insulating a boarded loft
- How to insulate a loft that’s already been boarded.
- Loft condensation
- Why condensation forms in lofts and how airflow keeps an insulated loft dry.
- Pipes and tanks
- Protecting pipes and tanks from frost once your loft is insulated.
- Cables and downlights
- How cables and downlights are dealt with when your loft is insulated.
- Spray foam and mortgages
- Why spray foam in the loft can worry lenders, and what removal involves.
- Landlords and rented homes
- Insulating the loft of a rented home with minimal disruption to tenants.
- What we check
- What we check when we visit your home: insulation, airflow, pipes, cables and the hatch.
Make your home warmer from the top down
Tell us what kind of home you have and we’ll send a free, written quote for your loft. No obligation.